#@vandaliatraveler

[charlesreeza]

Another mystery plant . . . a couple of these showed up around the edges of my garden, pretty far apart, in places where I know I didn’t plant anything.  The flowers are interesting.  Ants and slugs seem to love them. ��

Can anyone tell me what this is?

Update: Thanks @fatchance for identifying this as a broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine).  The North American Orchid Center says, “It grows so aggressively in some states, such as Wisconsin, that it is considered a weed.”

[wildfloweroftheday]

2 May 2019

Greater Celandine - Chelidonium majus

It had started to rain and I photographed this in a hurry, not knowing what it was. Not from the cabbage family (as I thought) and not related to Lesser Celandine either. The leaves are very distinctive, I will know it next time.

Sitting on the wall watching me...

And look at this post from across the pond - the leaves are so similar! Sorry to hear about the garlic mustard...

[themikecollective]

It's wonderful!

A slug (upper left) navigates an alien-like world of crust fungus (Stereum) and lichen on a decaying log. The wonders of this planet come in all sizes - scale is just a matter of perspective.

[fatchance]

Scrambled eggs (Corydalis aurea) on the Little Boquillas Ranch trail in Cochise County, Arizona.

This photo is for @vandaliatraveler, whose beautiful photos and informative captions help me see the world a little better. You really should be following his tumblr. 

[philosophyfrom-theroad]

I got tagged by @please-dont-pet-the-okapi in this post.

Rules: We’re snooping your playlist. Put your entire music library on shuffle  and list the first ten songs, then choose ten victims.

Pretty Good at Drinking Beer by Dierks Bentley

Amazing Grace by Alan Jackson

Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd 

Time Marches on by Tracy Lawrence 

Demons by Imagine Dragons 

Don't Think I Don't Think About it by Darrius Rucker 

This is Amazing Grace by Phil Wickham

Its all Been Done by the Barenaked Ladies 

Homeboy by Eric Church

Volcano by Jimmy Buffet 

I am tagging @mountain--miss @ff-earofgod @coffee-n-smiles @noregretsjust-love @lunatick2915 @carswithoutcoffee @vandaliatraveler @peachyumbr-ella @craftyviolinist @tennessee-line

[fatchance]

Huge thanks to everyone who offered suggestions for a collaborative blues playlist to help see me through a difficult time. 

It’s a testament to the great kindness of my community of carers and supporters on tumblr that so many of you made such terrific musical contributions or offered such thoughtful words of concern and encouragement. I am moved, and more grateful than I can say. 

The collaborators are  @talkstotrees @gedditor @vandaliatraveler @sallyawayfromhome @axelrod @feet-of-clay @kckeiko @pointandshooter @inlandwest @jtmportland @charlesreeza @themazette @hikergirl and  @sedonajohn . Thank you!

In case you can’t access the playlist through tumblr, the list links to Spotify here. Runtime is 3 hours. 

[cedar-glade]

semi dissected leaves and divots at daisy ray sequence center would be this http://www.badplants.com/show/plant/Oxeye-Daisy/60

which you don’t have < :)

instead it looks like you have a cool Erigeron species <3 @dandelion-island​

@vandaliatraveler​ do you know what sp. this is off the top of your head. 

Edit: he said “ Couldn't reply directly to the dandelion-island post - Hard to see if the leaves are entire or toothed, but maybe either Erigeron strigosus or Erigeron annuus? Both can bloom late into the season and are native to OK.”  

Anyone know what this is? Taken in central Oklahoma (great plains USA)

[kihaku-gato]

My gut is 100% sure it’s genetics for colours (I could still be wrong though) as none of my seed raised plants have ever changed colour forms. It’s definitely not directly soil related as my potting soil Jacks so far do not look different from in situ or garden Jacks. I ADORE the black/brown/purple spathe forms, but green/white spathes are the most common in my region. It’s a species with a huge eastern range (from Ontario/Labrador all the way down to the northmost of Florida if I am not mistaken), so my best guess is that with it, it brings in a wider pool of genetic variance and hence forms/colours.

I would however be curious if the genetic colour variance of forms has a purpose; if, like some orchids that have white/pink forms if its to attract different pollinators or something, or if the colour forms are more habitat based (all the ones I’ve seen have been mostly mixed forests, I’ve yet to see much for swamp jacks, save for a the few which I saw that had a few black spathes).

Phase 2 Spring Wildflowers: Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum), sometimes referred to as Indian turnip, is one of Appalachia’s most familiar spring wildflowers due to the characteristic spathe and spadix arrangement of its flower. The spathe forms a protective hood (”pulpit”) over the spadix (“Jack”), which contains the plant’s male and female flowers. A perennial herb that grows best in the shady understory of rich, moist deciduous woods, the plant is easily identified by its broad, deeply veined trifoliate leaves, which occur singly or in pairs; the leaves often obscure or hide the flower when fully mature. The photos above were taken in Coopers Rock State Forest.